Nostalgic memories of Cefn Hengoed's local history
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For many years now, we've been inviting visitors to our web site to add their own memories to share their experiences of life as it was when the photographs in our archive were taken. From brief one-liners explaining a little bit more about the image depicted, to great, in-depth accounts of a childhood when things were rather different than today (and everything inbetween!). We've had many contributors recognising themselves or loved ones in our photographs.
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I was an evacuee to Cefn |Hengoed, My mother said that |I was 6weeks old when we got there and I was born beginning of November 1940. I understand that after being placed with different families we finished living with Mr & Mrs B Evans 71 Derwendeg Avenue. Bertha and Bert had at least 1 boy and I think 2 girls in their family living there as well so I think it must have been quite crowded. I know that I spent ...see more
i was born in 1960 lived in 141 Lansbury ave did my schooling in derwyndeg infants then ystrad mynach secondary then lewis boiys pengam my family where well known as my father Fred used to take part in all the carnivals in the area he used to dress up as the witch doctor he won most of the time and did his bit for local charity's. sadly he passed in late 1990s. also remember playing football on the fields behind my ...see more
My father was the only Nazi in the village, and me and my 16 siblings were unfairly victimized.I rember each whitsun we would march with the other kids from the chapel, but we were somehow different. People would point and jeer at us.
Hi this is a stab in the dark but maybe someone will know of something.
My Nanna was a small girl during the war. She was born Annie Elizabeth Gordon in 1935 in Gateshead. Her and her older brother, Luke Skelly Gordon, b.1932 Gatshead were living in Birmingham when they were evacuated to South Wales. My nanna only remembers one part of her address "21 Trybirth Street" She knows this is the ...see more
Look up the Hengoed pages of this website, I left a memory there you may be interested in.
My nana Winnie Williams has lived in Cefn Hengoed for a very long time and is now nearly 103 years old. Her late husband was Cled Williams who was a councillor in the surrounding area who died before I was born. They had 5 children: Cled, Gwyneth, Howell (known as Robin - my dad), Sheila and Gwyneth. As I am from Scotland I don't know a lot of my family history and would like to know more, especially about my Nana. I ...see more
The Kemp family lived in Cefn Hengoed from about 1920 to 1938, I was born there in my grand parents James and Rose Kemp’s house, No.64 Gelligaer Road in 1934. My memories of the village start from about 1937 I remember seeing a bus go flashing by down Gelligaer Road with its interior lights on, when I questioned my Dad, Thomas John Kemp (also known as Jack) he said it was the St John’s Ambulance Brigade’s ...see more
i was 5 years old at that time , my mum would take myself and my sisters on the bus from hengoed . every week to visit gran and granch. my grandparents lived in gilfach street oposite the old fire station where we would sit in the window waiting for the engine to appear. good times. i later in 1969 married a boy from gilfach and then went to live in the very ...see more
During the war I too was evacuated to Wales, I went to Bargoed. Three months after my return to Birmingham I was put away by my father. Put into the care of Birmingham Children's Committee. I stayed in the homes from 1942 to 1947 and then was "boarded out" to Haywards Farm in Cefn Hengoed. I went to Ystrad Mynach Secondary Modern School untill 1949 then started work at Tredomen Engineering Work's. I ...see more
During the Second World War my family were evacuated to Cefn Hengoed. Two of my brothers were with the Hughes family, two with the Palmers and two of my sisters with the Jones Famly. We arrived in 1941. Being one of the youngest, I was with my youngest sister, my mother and my father and we stayed on Haywards Farm. Dad was working in an ammunition factory at Glasscoed. When I was old enough I started ...see more